An uncommon wintering migrant, the Plumbeous Vireo was found on January 23rd and also on January 30th, 2016 at Bart Spendlove Memorial Park in Mission Viejo, CA. This small park offers quite a few interesting visitors especially during the winter … Continued

Comparing a Least Sandpiper and a Western Sandpiper to the untrained eye can be a bit of a challenge especially in basic/winter plumage and if solo. In this photo, taken on 1-28-2016 at Irvine Lake in Irvine, California we can … Continued

A local birder named Roger Schoedel had found this Tufted Duck on January 23rd 2016 in the Santa Ana river just behind Riverside Park. Since this was a 1st county record numerous reports of this sighting followed that same day … Continued

On the Christmas Bird Count in December 2015, a Painted Redstart was located at Irvine Lake. One had been seen previously in Silverado Canyon but it was ultimately determined this December visitor was in fact a second / different Painted … Continued

As early as October of this past year 2015, the Zone-tailed Hawk has begun re-appearing in Orange County. I first located one this fall on October 6 in Lake Forest however they have been seen in Rancho Santa Margarita and … Continued

Both the Red-breasted Nuthatch and Pine Siskin have been well documented in various parts of Orange County especially of recent. Neither species is rare by any means, just typically uncommon to find year round or on a continuum. Here’s a … Continued

In our photo section, the species list previously showed only a list of species by category. There wasn’t an easy to way to determine what year round birds can be seen throughout the county. As of October 10, 2015, I’ve … Continued

As of September 29th, 2015, Laguna Niguel Regional Park has spiked recently with several new arrivals. Over the past 2 weeks a Blackpoll Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Virginia’s Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, an American Redstart (1st year) and a Least … Continued

Weekly Roundup as of September 19, 2015: After my post about the male Dickcissel last week, the following day a Bobolink had been sighted at Pond E at the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. The Bobolink stayed well below the marsh … Continued

A report of a Dickcissel was submitted by Jeff Bray at the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary approximately 7:15 a.m. today. I met up with Becky and Steve Turley, Bruce Aird, Jeff Bray, Ryan Winkleman and Amin at approximately 11:00 a.m … Continued

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